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The American climate migration has already begun
Posted on 2/23/23 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 2/23/23 at 12:06 pm
The American climate migration has already begun
Over the past decade, the US has experienced a succession of monumental climate disasters. Hurricanes have obliterated parts of the Gulf Coast, dumping more than 50in of rain in some places. Wildfires have denuded the California wilderness and destroyed thousands of homes. A once-in-a-millennium drought has dried up rivers and forced farmers to stop planting crops. Many of these disasters have no precedent in living memory, and they have dominated the headlines as Americans process the power of a changing climate.
But the disasters themselves are only half the story. The real story of climate change begins only once the skies clear and the fire burns out, and it has received far less attention in the mainstream media.
In the aftermath of climate disasters, as victims try to cope with the destruction of their homes and communities, they start to move around in search of safe and affordable shelter. Many of them have no choice but to move in with family members or friends, while others find themselves forced to seek out cheaper apartments in other cities. Some rebuild their homes only to sell them and move to places they deem less vulnerable, while others move away only to return and lose their homes again in another storm or fire.
We as Americans don’t often hear about this chaotic process of displacement and relocation, but the scale of movement is already overwhelming: more than 3 million Americans lost their homes to climate disasters last year, and a substantial number of those will never make it back to their original properties. Over the coming decades, the total number of displaced will swell by millions and tens of millions, forcing Americans from the most vulnerable parts of the country into an unpredictable, quasi-permanent exile from the places they know and love.
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Over the past decade, the US has experienced a succession of monumental climate disasters. Hurricanes have obliterated parts of the Gulf Coast, dumping more than 50in of rain in some places. Wildfires have denuded the California wilderness and destroyed thousands of homes. A once-in-a-millennium drought has dried up rivers and forced farmers to stop planting crops. Many of these disasters have no precedent in living memory, and they have dominated the headlines as Americans process the power of a changing climate.
But the disasters themselves are only half the story. The real story of climate change begins only once the skies clear and the fire burns out, and it has received far less attention in the mainstream media.
In the aftermath of climate disasters, as victims try to cope with the destruction of their homes and communities, they start to move around in search of safe and affordable shelter. Many of them have no choice but to move in with family members or friends, while others find themselves forced to seek out cheaper apartments in other cities. Some rebuild their homes only to sell them and move to places they deem less vulnerable, while others move away only to return and lose their homes again in another storm or fire.
We as Americans don’t often hear about this chaotic process of displacement and relocation, but the scale of movement is already overwhelming: more than 3 million Americans lost their homes to climate disasters last year, and a substantial number of those will never make it back to their original properties. Over the coming decades, the total number of displaced will swell by millions and tens of millions, forcing Americans from the most vulnerable parts of the country into an unpredictable, quasi-permanent exile from the places they know and love.
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Posted on 2/23/23 at 12:09 pm to djmed
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American climate migration
Sane people move to get away from shitholes controlled by undesirables.
Posted on 2/23/23 at 12:09 pm to djmed
So we have replaced “natural disasters” with “climate disasters”.
Yeah that gets way more clicks doesn’t it social media overlords?
Yeah that gets way more clicks doesn’t it social media overlords?
Posted on 2/23/23 at 12:11 pm to djmed
So, life on Earth continues as it always has since year 0. Profound.
Posted on 2/23/23 at 12:12 pm to djmed
I’m sure this has nothing to do with human expansion in to areas prone to natural disaster.
Posted on 2/23/23 at 12:15 pm to BobBoucher
So the increased migration to Florida and Texas, which are both susceptible to hurricanes, as well as the Carolinas are due to climate change??? I don't think so.
Posted on 2/23/23 at 12:17 pm to FATBOY TIGER
People move for many reasons. Much more than .75% of the population move because of crime or politics, I'm sure.
Fear porn.
Fear porn.
This post was edited on 2/23/23 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 2/23/23 at 12:19 pm to djmed
Did they mention vast hordes leaving the boiling south for the cooler north?
No?
Gee wonder why?
No?
Gee wonder why?
Posted on 2/23/23 at 12:36 pm to djmed
I’m still waiting to get deeply discounted beachfront property in Florida
Posted on 2/23/23 at 12:37 pm to djmed
Thdt piece is textbook propaganda.
Posted on 2/23/23 at 12:37 pm to Rohan Gravy
The only thing keeping the riff raff out of Juneau is the weather and cost. Don't need better weather, 30k is already too many people.
Posted on 2/23/23 at 12:40 pm to djmed
When I retire I plan on moving away from south Louisiana so I don't have to deal with hurricanes when I'm 70+. It's not because of the hurricanes themselves, however. I can deal with that. It would be fighting the damn insurance companies if I ever have severe damage to my house. I don't want to be my father's age and having to fight that fight, and essentially have to start all over. frick that noise.
Posted on 2/23/23 at 12:54 pm to GumboPot
That graph is disingenuous because it stops in 2006. I'd like to see how 2010-2020 stacks up. Most of the largest wildfires in CA occurred between 2015 and 2020.
Posted on 2/23/23 at 1:01 pm to tigerfive
quote:Where did you get this info?
Most of the largest wildfires in CA occurred between 2015 and 2020.
Posted on 2/23/23 at 1:03 pm to djmed
People moving from Democrat run shitholes to Red States.
Posted on 2/23/23 at 1:05 pm to LSUDVM1999
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This post was edited on 3/20/23 at 9:34 am
Posted on 2/23/23 at 1:05 pm to djmed
Posted on 2/23/23 at 1:07 pm to djmed
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Many of them have no choice but to move in with family members or friends, while others find themselves forced to seek out cheaper apartments in other cities.
Hmmmm, interesting rhetoric. They are describing 'crashing with the parents' and 'downsizing' with the term 'Migration.'
Hell, that means I've 'migrated' 6 times in my life. I never even knew that's what it was.
Posted on 2/23/23 at 1:10 pm to djmed
Well, I wish the article author would tell all the northern morons flocking into FL that they're going the wrong direction.
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